Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The so-called "black drop effect" is an optical phenomenon associated with planetary transits which made accurate measurements impossible during 18th century Venus transits. Here we see the effect in my video footage of the 2012 Venus transit on June 5th, observed from the University of California, Los Angeles.
The so-called "black drop effect" is an optical phenomenon associated with planetary transits which made accurate measurements impossible during 18th century Venus transits. Here we see the effect in my video footage of the 2012 Venus transit on June 5th, observed from the University of California, Los Angeles.
